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I Beat a 3000 Rated Chess Player with a Motorbike Mindset

2025-11-17T15:33:16.453Z

I recently had one of the most surprising bullet sessions I've ever played — including beating a 3000-rated player three times out of four. The strange part? It wasn’t openings or preparation that made the difference... it was a motorbike mindset. Here’s what happened.

How I got into the top 50 in the Lichess Summer Bullet Marathon 2025

2025-08-04T11:33:59.792Z

"I feel the need... the need for speed," - Tom Cruise in the movie Top Gun

The Complete Guide to Chess Opening Principles -"King Safety Driven Development"

2025-04-25T09:17:34.43Z

An unexpected perspective on the classic golden chess opening principles

Epic Top 100 Finish in Lichess Spring Marathon!

2024-05-13T07:52:25.614Z

Some hints, tips, observations from the Spring 2024 marathon which was a 5 minute time control

Supercharge Your Chess Tactics by Punishing Mistakes

2024-03-25T11:26:11.064Z

Mistakes are what makes chess fun especially at lower levels. We need to be really good at punishing mistakes. This blog has some tips for doing so from my recent analysis of games of Alexander Alekhine that were 26 moves or less. .

The importance of Chess Visualisation skills

2024-03-08T12:18:04.556Z

Reminders abound for the importance of chess visualisation skills

An appreciation of Mir Sultan Khan - FIDE Honorary Chess Grandmaster

2024-02-17T11:18:56.731Z

Called a Genius by Capablanca. An intriguing player in Chess history who was able to win tournaments without too much opening theory

An appreciation of Aron Nimzowitsch - one of the greatest Hypermodernists

2024-01-10T11:23:45.775Z

One of the great Hypermodernists who really influenced the evolution of chess style and openings with his games and teachings in "My system"

12-Hour Lichess Winter Chess Marathon: Insights, Strategies, and a Touch of Grit

2023-12-31T13:09:57.458Z

Very interesting chess battles. Some hints and tips for doing well in the marathon

Fighting against the dreaded Maroczy Bind

2023-06-29T10:44:36.853Z

Bobby Fischer makes use of a simplification strategy for handling the dreaded Maroczy bind

The dangerous Shabalov Attack vs the Semi-Slav gets Alphazero's seal of approval

2023-06-10T10:05:12.864Z

The Semi-Slav defence is a tough nut to crack but there is an exciting early attack to use as this featured game shows

AlphaZero shocks the world: Unbelievable Triple-Pawn Sacrifice

2023-06-09T11:14:37.431Z

In the popular Two Knights defence, there is a Triple-Pawn Sacrifice For A Deadly Bishop Pair Assault against the White King

AlphaZero SHATTERS Chess Norms: EPIC Pawn Installations and amazing Piece sac

2023-06-06T10:26:56.421Z

An amazing pawn formation is installed in this game which is worth an entire piece sacrifice

AlphaZero's Mind-Blowing Chess Strategy: Double Pawn Sacrifice and Queen Dance

2023-06-05T11:24:56.703Z

Alphazero makes use of the "Polugaevsky Gambit" in the Queens Indian and adds another pawn sacrifice

Revisiting AlphaZero's out of this world chess to reveal "Installation Theory"

2023-06-02T10:24:22.384Z

Revisiting Game 3 of the original 2017 match - Alphazero's "Immortal Zugzwang" game

Chess improvement tips

2023-04-08T10:47:39.883Z

Some interesting chess tips which GPT comes up that seem to be great points :)

Chess "Pep" talks - inspirational talks to help lift you up after losses etc

2023-02-26T09:51:00.407Z

Chat GPT makes some interesting points which may help lift players up after losing rating points or games

The Caro-Kann defence is the new Sicilian Defence

2023-02-22T11:31:30.531Z

The Caro-Kann defence as well as requiring less theory to learn has great win statistics with Black

Chat GPT: Chess Love Letters :)

2023-02-15T11:44:31.77Z

Fascinating love letters that most chess players never thought of :)

Kingscrusher interrogates a super intelligent AI - ChatGPT about Chess

2023-02-11T09:08:51.246Z

Lots of interesting questions and answers here :)

Checking all checks is important

2022-11-22T12:22:16.594Z

The habit of checking one's lucrative seemingly crushing plan for checks and tempo gainers can save rating points

A Treasure of British inventive Chess - IM Michael Basman

2022-11-11T13:24:02.056Z

An amazing game in particular with a shocking opening but even more shocking tactics later

An out of this world chess engine game

2022-11-08T13:22:12.684Z

Stockfish vs Leela - TCEC Season 23, Game 46 - 2022

A huge chess secret revealing to me by accident - not to be pushed around!

2022-10-10T10:15:15.192Z

Become less reactive in your chess. Make use of a huge chess secret which seems fairly transformative for fun and results at same time!